Jodie Roussell spoke at the Plenary Session - Global Focus & Innovation in Renewable Energy sharing a global viewpoint on the solar industry’s development and thoughts on how to address the challenges to solar’s future growth. After the session, she was asked to explain in a short interview why legal framework is crucial to enable solar to deliver on its potential on economic development, cost-effective and clean energy, as well as opportunity around the world.

The Global Solar Council additionally hosted a Workshop with over 50 students from the Masdar Institute, Petroleum Institute & Khalifah University, and conference participants, on the future on employment in the solar industry. Participants contributed their thoughts on the technical and interpersonal skills necessary for the solar jobs of the future. This workshop was part of the workstream of the Council’s Jobs, Training & Curriculum Taskforce.